Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the… — Alfred Whitney Griswold Copy Share Image
Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“How desperately I wanted to forsake these facts, to open a smelly old book or to go down on a pretty young… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
In Africa, when you pick up a book worth reading, out of the deadly consignments which good ships are always being made… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
“The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is that of… — Pablo Neruda Copy Share Image
“There are few things better than losing yourself in a book. And if you're lucky enough to have that adventure continue in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Virginia Woolf's literature really transformed my own ideas about how to formally represent the passage of time and how time affects us.… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
It took me some time to learn that although every one secretly cherishes the ambition to be 'put in a book,' no… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Novels aren't pedagogical instruments, or instructions in law or physics or any other discipline. A novel has to be an emotional experience,… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Human beings don’t necessarily exist inside of (or correspond to) the neat racial, gendered or national boxes into which we often unthinkingly… — Moshin Hamid Copy Share Image
A Boosh fan bought me an original copy of 'The Jungle Book' - like, the first print from 1894 - so I've… — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
Being a parent is the toughest thing I've ever done. But I'm not the kind of person to throw my kid in… — Eric Dane Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by books. When I was young, my grandfather used to hand out a book - which would be… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
My dream scenario would be that you could go into a bookshop, examine copies of every book in print that they're able… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Not every oak has to be gnarled, every detective hard-bitten. The adjective that exists solely as a decoration is a self-indulgence for… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“Middlemarch is a novel that is diminished by being put on the screen. It can't help but be, because so much of… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Anyone of any age, any race, any background, any education - if they write an interesting enough book - can become a… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Copy Share Image
'In the Wake' was a very bleak book. This relationship was not too good, the father and son. This time around, I… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
If I want to read something that's really giving me something serious and fundamental to think about, about the human condition, if… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Writing a novel is like pottery. Your initial draft of your story is like a lump of clay. Editing is like shaping… — Monika Pardon Copy Share Image
My to-do list is the only form of organization I have, other than my iCal. It's not all work stuff; it's a… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
“Again, all who are smitten with the love of books think cheaply of the world and wealth; as Jerome says to Vigilantius:… — Richard de Bury Copy Share Image
“See - this book belongs to you,' Hannah said sweetly. 'No young lady,' the birdman said. 'It belongs to you - but… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
This book is the best treatment of the best American Marxist philosopher-and the best philosopher to emerge from American slums. Young Sidney… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
That's a movie quote, right? You know, if you do that with books, people think you're intelligent." Sophie lowered her chin. "If… — Jennifer Crusie Copy Share Image
If a translation doesn't have obvious writing problems, it may seem quite all right at first glance. We readers, after all, quickly… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
“If arts and music, precious gifts in themselves, were akin to memory, literature was the self-knowing of the species; the human mind… — Mark Cantrell Copy Share Image
Every Latter-day Saint should make the study of this book a lifetime pursuit. Otherwise, he is placing his soul in jeopardy and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
“It is odd, isn’t it? Whenever I read something interesting, I tear out a piece and keep it as a talisman until… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to this day find all oratory, biography, operas,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To me any given story has its appropriate form. There might be some story I get involved with that's begging to be… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Each had his own business to think of. Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I elbowed my way into the grubby café, bought a pie that tasted of shoe polish and a pot of tea with… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
When lockdown happened, and I didn't have that focus to sit down and write a novel, which is what I was supposed… — Dawn O'Porter Copy Share Image
I completely believe that - literature for me is a way of life. That's probably true of all writers or all artists.… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fact… — Omar Khayyam Copy Share Image
FAQ regarding my book were not about my use of commas or how the images went berserk, but about the political situation… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
The initial research will be very indiscriminate. I do a lot of reading, buy a stack of books and read and digest… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
